Hand bag with cosmetic folders



Aug. 6, 1929. gw s 1,723,740

HAND BAG WITH COSMETIC FOLDERS Filed Sept. 8. 1928 2 Sheets Sheet 1ATTORNEY Aug. 6, 1929. r. J. LEW! s HAP D BAG WITH COSMETIC FOLDERSFiled Sept. 8. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 6,1929.

THOMAS J. LEWIS, OF NEW YORIL N. Y.

HAND BAG WITH COSMETIC FOLDERS.

Application filed September 8, 1928. Serial No. 304,670.

The object of the present invention is to provide a hand bag, inappearance generally similar to bags customarily carried by women fordaily use, and which comprises as an integral part a cosmetic folder soarranged that when the folder is w1thdrawn from the bag and spread outwith the cosmetic ars or other holders exposed, 1t 1s tied to the bagand the latter prevents the holder from being vibrated from a polishedshelf or the like, as when the device is being used on a movingconveyance, for example in the ladies room of a Pullman coach, etc.

The invention will be described. with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of the device with the folderdrawn outwardly for position and use;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device closed;

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 33, Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is an end view of the device.

Referring to the drawings 1 indicates the body of the bag having a coverorflap 2, a strap 3 being provided, the strap having at one end a loop3* and at the opposite end a buckle 1 through which the loop may bepassed, providing a convenient means of holding the bag in that the handmay be passed through the loop and the bag held at the base thereof bythe hand, insuring that the flap or cover will remain in closedposition. The bag is preferably made of soft material, as for exampleleather. It is formed with a rigid two-part frame 5, 5", the two partsof the frame being hinged at 6. One member of the frame provided with. acatch device 7 and the other member with a. co-acting catch device 8. Ashort finger strap 9 may be carried by frame member 5 as a convenientaid to the unlatching of the two frame members. In the present instancethere is located within the bag a purse 10 having a customary form ofspringand ball catch 11.

Intermediate frame member 5 and the flap is a compartment which extendsto the base of the bag. Atthe end of this compartment secured a broadflexible band 12 which preferably is made of the same material as thelining 2* of the flap. Secured to this band is a boarded sheet 13preferably covered with the same material as the outer covering of thebag 1, and. secured to the boarded sheet 13 is a flexible cover 141;having a snap fastening member 15 adapted to coact with a snap fasteningmember 15*, the latter being disposed on top of a loop L evice 16. Theloop device is sewn or other-- wise firmly secured to the relativelystifl' boarded member 13, and affords a plurality of loops for thereception of bottles or jars of cosmetics, as indicated by the numerals17. Supplementary loop devices 18 and 19 may hold additional cosmeticpreparations.

When the soft cover 14 is moved back upon the boarded member and issnapped in position, the said member may be pushed down into thecompartment rearwardly of frame member 5*, band 12 folding into positionwithin the compartment, and thereafter the primary cover flap 2 of thebag may be folded over to permit closing of the bag by the strap andbuckle device.

As seen in Figure 2, the bag with its cover affords a broad support forthe boarded member with the supplementary cover 14, and notwithstandingthe boarded member is an integral part of the bag, the cosmetics areplaced, as to their containers, in a most convenient position forutilization.

It will be noted that glass bottles or other frail containers may besafely used in the device inasmuch as at one side of the case they areprotected by the folds of material secured to the frame members 5, 5 andin addition the material comprising the inner purse, whereas at the op)osite face the said containers are protected y the stiff boarded member13 in addition to the rear wall of the bag.

It will be understood that modifications maybe made in the form andarrangement of the elements comprising the device, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent being as followsz- 1. A hand bag comprising a hingedframe covered with flexible material and forming a major compartmentmember having opposed walls, a cover flap, a supplemental compartmentprovided intermediate the said walls and the cover flap, a boardedcarrier disposed in the supplemental compartment, a flexible bandconnecting the boarded member and the bag, and adapted to be foldedwithin the supplemental compartment, holding-devices carried by theboarded member for a plurality of cosmetic jars, the boarded memberbeing disposed within the supplemental compartment in such manner thatthe cosmetic jars are shielded on one side by the boarded member and awall of the bag, and at the opposite side by the opposed walls of thebag.

2. A hand bag comprising a hinged frame covered with flexible materialand forming a major compartment member having opposed walls, an innerpurse secured within the compartment, a cover flap, a supplementalcompartment provided intermediate the said walls and the cover flap, aboarded carrier disposed in the supplemental. conipartment, a flexibleband connecting the boarded member and the bag, and adapted to be foldedwithin the su'pplementat compartmenL holding-devices carried by theboarded nicmber for a plurality of cosmetic jars, a flexible covercarried by the boarded member and means for holding the cover inposition to overlap said jars, the boarded member being disposed withinthe supplemental compartment in such manner that the cosmetic jars areshielded on one side by the boarded member and a wall of the bag, and atthe opposite side by the opposed walls of the bag and said inner purse.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

THOMAS J. LEWIS.

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